Press Releases

Genentech Reports Positive Phase Ib Results for Its Dual GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonist CT-388 in People With Obesity

05/24/2024

– Over 24 weeks, a once-weekly subcutaneous injection of CT-388 achieved a clinically meaningful and statistically significant mean placebo-adjusted weight loss of 18.8% (p < 0.001) – – At week 24, 100% of CT-388 treated participants achieved >5% weight loss, 70% achieved >15% and 45% achieved >20% weight loss – – In a subgroup with…

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Parallel Bio Launches Clinical Trial in a Dish to Speed Drug Discovery

05/23/2024

Five pharmaceutical partners start testing immunotherapies on human models created from immune organoids at population scale Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Parallel Bio, a biotech company using the immune system to cure disease, today announced the release of its Clinical Trial in a Dish for studying the efficacy and safety of new immunotherapies…

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NeuShen Therapeutics Initiates First-in-Human Trial of NS-136, a Novel Selective M4 Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

05/20/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: SHANGHAI and LEXINGTON, Mass. , May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — NeuShen Therapeutics (the “Company”), a clinical-stage global biotechnology company dedicated to pioneering treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders, today announced the dosing of the first healthy volunteer in Australia in the Phase I first-in-human clinical trial of NS-136, a novel selective…

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Fate Therapeutics Announces First Lupus Patient Treated in Phase 1 Autoimmunity Study of Off-the-shelf FT819 CAR T-cell Program

05/17/2024

Pre-treatment Sample of Patient’s Blood Showed Rapid and Potent Depletion of CD19+ B Cells in Ex Vivo Cytotoxicity Assay with FT819 Translational Data from FT819 Phase 1 B Cell Malignancies Study Support Key Therapeutic Mechanisms of Activity for B Cell-mediated Autoimmune Diseases Initial Clinical Observations of FT522 CAR NK Cell Program in Phase 1 B…

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Cytokinetics Announces Topline Data From Phase 1 Clinical Study of CK-4021586

05/16/2024

Data Support Advancement to Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Expected to Begin in Q4 2024 Full Data from the Phase 1 Study to be Presented at a Medical Congress in 2H 2024 Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cytokinetics,…

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Fusion Pharmaceuticals Announces First Patient Dosed in the Phase 2 Portion of the AlphaBreak Trial Evaluating FPI-2265 in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

05/15/2024

AlphaBreak is a Phase 2/3 registrational program for FPI-2265 in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer Excerpt from the Press Release: HAMILTON, ON and BOSTON, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: FUSN), a clinical-stage oncology company focused on developing next-generation radioconjugates (RCs) as precision medicines, today announced that the first patient has been…

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Affinia Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data for Genetic Cardiomyopathy and Sporadic ALS Programs with Novel Cardiotropic and BBB-Penetrant AAV Capsids at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy 2024 Annual Meeting

05/14/2024

Novel cardiotropic capsids transduce more than 90% of cardiomyocytes in non-human primates (NHPs) and detarget the liver and dorsal root ganglia (DRG); show safety and efficacy in a mouse model of cardiac dysfunction Novel BBB-penetrant capsid transduces more than 50% of neurons in NHPs across spinal cord, cortex, and deep-brain regions and detarget the liver…

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Promising Personalized Approach to Liver Cancer Therapy Made Possible by DNA-based Neoantigen Research Designed at The Wistar Institute

05/13/2024

Geneos Therapeutics, Wistar, and Collaborators Translate Personalized DNA Vaccine Technology into Clinical Outcome Based on Mistakes Tumors Make Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA — (Tuesday, April 30, 2024) — Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is an aggressive malignancy with limited treatment options. An immunologically cold cancer — meaning the tumors can effectively hide…

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Mythic Therapeutics Announces Publication of Preclinical Data Highlighting the Differentiating Properties of MYTX-011 in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

05/10/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mythic Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to the development of next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapies for the treatment of a wide range of cancers, today announced the publication of preclinical data highlighting the differentiating properties of its investigational cMET-targeting ADC, MYTX-011, in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal…

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HiberCell Announces First Patient Dosed in Clinical Collaboration with Merck, Evaluating HC-7366 in Combination with WELIREG® (belzutifan) in patients with advanced ccRCC

05/09/2024

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HiberCell, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics to address cancer relapse, metastasis, and resistance, is pleased to announce the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1b study evaluating HC-7366, an activator of integrated stress response (ISR) Kinase GCN2, in combination…

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